The Woodward Charitable Trust (WCT) has changed the focus of its funding from previous years, and it now only provides grants to organisations:

Supporting disadvantaged families with young children up to age 11.
Working directly with children of the same age group (0-11 years).

The Trust offers grants of up to £10,000 per year for core costs for a maximum of three consecutive years. The Trustees will also continue to provide one-off grants. An organisation may receive funds for a maximum of three years in any five-year period.

Registered UK charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs), Community Interest Companies (CICs) or exempt charities with an income up to £200,000 for the last financial year and whose unrestricted reserves did not exceed 50% of income in the last financial year may apply.

Priority will be given to organisations who are working in one or more of the following areas:

Parenting / caregiving support.
Educational programmes for children both in and out of school, such as those that aim to boost attainment, attendance or emotional wellbeing.
Programmes and activities that benefit children’s wellbeing and development.
Pre-natal and post-natal support services.

The Trust makes grants for core costs rather than specific projects. This includes: